Long-Term Incentive Plan (LTIP)
In 2007 Lundin Petroleum implemented a Long-Term Incentive Plan (LTIP) consisting of a Share Option Plan and a Performance Share Plan. Employees had the choice to select the Share Option Plan, the Performance Share Plan or a 50/50 allocation of both. Both plans have a performance condition attached to their allocation relative to Total Shareholder Return (TSR) compared to a peer group of companies. The options issued under the Share Option Plan were to be between 0 and 100 percent of the options awarded and the shares issued under the Performance Share Plan will be between 50 and 100 percent of the shares awarded. The period for the performance condition relating to the options expired on 30 November 2008 at which time 50 percent of the options awarded were issued as incentive warrants. Under the Performance Share Plan, Lundin Petroleum made a conditional award of 67,751 shares. In June 2007, Lundin Petroleum acquired 68,000 of its own shares to fully hedge its potential obligation under the Performance Share Plan. The incentive warrants outstanding at the end of the period and their expiry date and exercise prices are shown below:
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2007 programme
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| Exercise price (SEK) |
78.05
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| Number authorised |
3,950,000
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| Number outstanding |
1,433,250
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| Exercise period |
1 Dec 2008
31 May 2010
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In 2008 Lundin Petroleum implemented a new LTIP consisting of a Unit Bonus Plan which provides for an annual grant of units that will lead to a cash payment at vesting. The share price for determining the cash payment at the end of each vesting period will be the 5 trading day average closing Lundin Petroleum share price prior to and following the actual vesting date. In June 2008 Lundin Petroleum acquired 797,000 of its own shares to fully hedge its potential cash obligation under the 2008 LTIP.
The AGM held on 13 May 2009 approved the 2009 LTIP and renewed the authorisation for the Board of Directors to decide on repurchases and sales of Lundin Petroleum shares. The LTIP is related to the Company’s share price and is divided into one plan for senior executives (being the President and Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief Financial Officer and the Senior Vice President Operations) and one plan for certain other employees.
The LTIP for senior executives includes the issuance of 4,000,000 phantom options with an exercise price of SEK 72.76 equal to 110 per cent of the average of the closing prices of the Company’s shares on the Nasdaq OMX Nordic Exchange in Stockholm for the ten trading days immediately following the Annual General Meeting 2009. The phantom options will vest on the fifth anniversary of the date of grant and the recipients will be entitled to receive a cash payment equal to the average closing price of the Company’s shares during the fifth year following grant, less the exercise price.
The LTIP for management other than senior executives includes the granting of 667,900 units that are converted into a cash award related to the Company’s share price. The LTIP will be payable over a period of three years from award. The cash payment will be determined at the end of each vesting period by multiplying the number of units then vested by the share price.
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